Alinghi launches 32nd America’s Cup victory book

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Alinghi launches 32nd America’s Cup victory book
2007-10-15

Alinghi book launch

(Geneva 15 October 2007) Alinghi launched their new book across Europe today, the 168 page tome, published by Editions Favre, reflects the pride and passion of Alinghi’s victorious 32nd America’s Cup campaign in images and is available in five languages in book shops across Switzerland, France and Belgium.

It follows the Swiss team’s progress from the win in Auckland in 2003, when the America’s Cup was returned to Europe for the first time in 152 years, to the pre-regattas in France, Spain, Sweden and Italy. Plus the boat launches, team parties, Dubai winter training and the final preparations that led to victory on 3 July 2007 when the Defender lifted the America’s Cup for the second consecutive time after one of the closest matches ever.

The photographic book with a foreword by team syndicate head, Ernesto Bertarelli, is 33x33cm in size, weighs in at 2.25kg and features images from international photographers; Carlo Borlenghi, Thierry Martinez, Ivo Rovira, Steve Tee, Loris Von Siebenthal, Alain Herzog and Philippe Schiller.

If you can’t make it to a book shop, this first edition of 20,000 issues, is also available online at www.alinghi.com (shop.alinghi.com) for 100CHF or 60€.

“We Did It Again” on DVD: the complete Alinghi adventure
The Defender, in partnership with Caravan Productions and Télévision Suisse Romande, also recently launched its latest DVD “We did it again”. It has been four years in the making and captures the team’s intense preparations and the inside stories that led to their final 5-2 victory against Emirates Team New Zealand on 3 July. The two episodes retrace one of the closest and most fascinating matches in America’s Cup history, proving that one second can make all the difference!

“We Did It Again” completes the DVD documentary set which began in May with “The Defender’s Challenge”. Both productions are available in Switzerland at all main DVD outlets and online at the Alinghi webshop www.alinghi.com (shop.alinghi.com) for 32CHF or 22€.

Alinghi flies the colours of the Société Nautique de Genève, Switzerland. Its partners for the 2007 campaign are UBS and BT Infonet (Main Partners), as well as Audemars Piguet, SGS, Nespresso, MSC Cruises, WISeKey and North Sails (Co sponsors).
Visit our web site at: www.alinghi.com

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